Text from back of image: 'Although it has been seven years since Col. Lindbergh flew the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis the plane still commands the interest of thousands of visitors to Washington every year as it hangs in the National Museum.'

Still busily rolling out nylon is this casting wheel, part of the original equipment constructed in 1937 to make some of the first nylon. Although two large yarn plants have since gone into operation, this original wheel (made over from an engine...

Artist's conception of a solar still which may some day permit tapping of oceans or brackish inland sources for additional supplies of fresh water. Salt water flows from pipe in foreground into shallow troughs covered with plastic film canopies,...

Bethlehem Steel Company, Lower Works, Cambria Plant, Johnstown, Pennsylvania blast furnaces 1 through 4. Two of the furnaces have been converted to skip car loading with standard bells while two are still in open top configuration but not in use. ...

Bethlehem Steel Company, Lower Works, Cambria Plant, Johnstown, Pennsylvania blast furnaces 1 through 4. Two of the furnaces have been converted to skip car loading with standard bells while two are still in open top configuration but not in use. ...

"This was a stone and frame building on stone foundations, which was built sometime before 1873. In 1879 a 24 inch "Canadian" turbine was installed which produced 22.8 hp and was able to drive the nine glazing barrels at 20 revolutions per minute....

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